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A. S. HUBBARD.

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No. 249,623. Patented Nov. 15,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER s. HUBEAED, on NEW HAVEN, coNNEoTicUT, AssieNoE 'ro THE L. oANDEE a co., oE SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 249,623, dated November 15, 1881. Application filed August 6, 1881. (Model.)

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER S. HUB- BARD, of New Havenyin the county of New Haven and State ot Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Overshoes; and I do hereby declare the tbllowing, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of lo the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure l, a side view, a portion ofthe vamp cut away to show the improvement; Fig. 2,A diagram to illustrate the cut of the vamp-lin ing; Fig. 3, transverse section on line .r enlarged.

This invention relates to an improvenientin the class of overshoes known as Arcticslthat is to say, slices in which the vamp and 2o quarter are made from cloth, the foXing and sole of india-rubber, the quarter constructed so as to bring its forward edges together to be secured over the instep, a construction too well known to require detailed description.

In the usual construction the vamp is fitted to the last and the quarter overlaps the vamp from the sole to a point a little above the npper edge of the foxing. A diculty is experienced in this construction from the fact that 3o as the quarter is secured to the vamp by gum only it frequently tears down or separates from the vamp. Numerous devices have been resorted to to overcome this difeulty, but they so complicate the manufacture as to make it impracticable.

The object of my invention is to stay the shoe at the intersection of the vamp and quarter in a simple and practical manner; and it consists in cutting a slit in the lining from 4o the front edge backward at the upper point Where the union of the Vamp and quarter begins, then inserting therear edge of the vamp through the slit, so that that part of the lining below the slit will overlap the vamp upon the inside, while that part above will overlay the outside, as more fully hereinafter described.

A rel'n'esenfs` the vamp, B the quarter, C the foxing, all ot' the usual outline or cut. The quarterlining D is cut in shape to correspond to the kouter portion, but instead of attaching 5o the lining to the quarter throughout, as in the usual construction, I cut a slit, n, (see Fig. 2,) from the front point where the ilap or upper portion of the quarter leaves the vamp-that is, at the upper Apoint where the connection between the two begins. Then, in putting the parts together, I introduce the rear edge of the vamp through the slit a of the lining, so that that part of the lining below the slit will overlap the vamp upon the inside, leaving the 6o corresponding portion of the outer portion, d, Fig. 3, upon the outside ot' the vamp, and the pant of the lining above the slit attached to the quarter in the usual manner, the part b ot' the quarter secured to the inside of the 65 vamp in like manner as the corresponding part d ot the outside is secured. This slit in the quarter-lining and introduction of the rear edge ot' the vamp between the corresponding parts b and d of the quarter firmly sta-ys the 7o shoe at that point and overcomes the serious difficulty in this class of shoes before men-4 tioned.

I claim- The herein-described improvement in Arctic 7 5 overshoes, consisting in a slit cut in the lining of the quarter and the rear edge ot' the vamp introduced into said slit between the lining and the outer portion ot' the quarter, substantially as described.

ALEXANDER S. HUBBARD.

Witnesses:

J oHN H. PAEDEE, CLARENCE G. AMES. 

